Dish drainer



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' Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES MINNIE E. HATGHER,

or TYLER, ALABAMA.

DISH DRAINEB.

Application led November 16, 1925. Serial No. 69,385.

This invention relates to a dish washing .pparatusand more particularly to a novel orm of dish drainer. The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character whereby the dishes are cleaned aud dried without using dish-cloths, thereby reducing the labor involved and also eliminating the unsanitary 'features of dishcloths.

A further object is to provide a novel form of| dish drainer which greatly facilitates not only the dryfing but also the handling of. the dishes.,

AOther objects and advantages reside in certain novel features of the construction,

arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fullyv de` scribed and particularly pointedput in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming .a part of this specification, and in which z- Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the embodiment of the invention. and

Figure 2 is a plan view ofthe dish drainer.

Referring tothe drawings the numeral 1 designates generally a dish pan having its rim 2iprovided with slots 3 at angular intervals of 90. The dish drainer constituting the present invention is designated generally at 4 and includes an open-work body made up ofrings 5, 6 and 7 and rods 8 ex- 'tending between the rings and connected thereto to hold the rings in spaced relation f and to brace and strengthen the same. Certain of the rods 8 have extensions 9 formed with hooks 10 engageable with the slots 3 to provide for the support of the drainer on the dish pan. The dish drainercalso includes a bottom 11 of wire mesh or other reticulated material. The bottom 11 is secured around its margin or periphery to the 'bottom ring 5 of the main body or frame of the drainer and is braced by the underlying parts of certain 0f therods.

The dish draineris divided up into compartments and further braced and'strengthened by means of transverse rods 12 and 13 extending between and secured to the dia' metrically opposite rods 8. These transverse bracerods 12 and 13 may also be se-` cured to the rings 6 and 7, respectively. A

centrally disposed and vertically extending bracefrod 14 extends from the wire mesh bottom up through the body of the drainer and is twisted around or otherwise intercom nectcd with and secured tothe transverse 4rods 12 and 13. The brace rods 12, 13 and 14 divide thev body of the drainer into two compartments, one for the platters and plates and the other for the cups, saucers, and other small dishes. vThese braces 12, 13 and 14 also provide a support against which ,the platters and plates may rest when supported on their edges in an inclined osition whereby the drying and draining of t e plats ters and plates is greatly facilitated.

Within the bodyof the drainer a rack,"

designated generally at 15, -is'provided for use 1n supportlng the knives, forks, and spoons during the draining operation. This rack 15 includes a conical body made up ofrings 16 and vertical rods 17 interconnected... awith the rings and the rack also includes a bottom 18 of wire mesh or other reticulated fabrlc suitably secured to the lowermost ring 18. vThe rack 15 has its-bottom resting' on the transverse brace rod 12 while the upi' per transverse brace rod 13 extends dia#y metrically through the rack 15 at a point approximately half way between its ltop and bottom, thereby dividing the rack 15 into vtwo cmpartments, one compartment being for the spoons and the other for the knives and forks. The' brace rod 13 is suitably secured to one of therings lfand one of the rods 17 so as to co-act with the brace rod 12 in supporting the rack as/well as to serve its dividing function.

When the dish drainer is supported in the dish pan as shown in Fig. 5 its bottom isl preferably slightly above the bottom of the dish paniso that when, hot water is poured over the dishes after the same have: been washed the water will drain out of the drainerjnto' the dish pan and the-dishes will dry either with the drainer left in the dish pan or after the same has been removed therefrom. .lhe advantage of having the hooks of the drainer engage slots in the dish pan is to prevent accidental displacement of the 'drainer'on the dish pan but, of course, it is to be understood that the presenty invention may also be u d with conventional dish ans, the hooks tting over the rim of the dish pan.

I claim 5 A dish drainer having an open-workbody made up of a plurality of rings and rods interconnecting the rings for bracing them and holding them in spaced relation, a bot-l tom of wire meslisecured to' thelowermost l0 ring, a plurality of vertically aligned transof the same into compartments, and a rack carried by said transverse brace rods, a por- `ytion of one of said transverse brace rods extending through the rack to divide the same into compartments.

MINNIE E. HATCHER. 

